Find another home for items you don’t need. Sell or give away used clothing, household goods and more. Put them up on a website such as Craigslist or Freecycle . If you need something, get previously used items, tag sales, Freecycle, Good Will etc.

We have so polluted Earth that all Earth life is in danger. We can learn clean natural alternatives for everything from energy, gardening, cleaning, personal care, transportation, clothing, furniture, food etc. Watch what you buy, see buying guides above.

Problem: A lot of our clothing is synthetic (petroleum based plastic) or industrial grown cotton. Industrial cotton is the worlds direst crop. It uses 2.5% of the worlds cultivated land and 16% of the worlds insecticides, 3 of the most hazardous insecticides. It also uses GMOs.

To raise healthy children take them out in nature, encourage their natural empathy, give older children pets, garden with them, develop a love for nature. Have them grow a wildlife garden, even if only in flowerpots. Allow them to develop their natural love of nature. Learn with them. Teach them from the beginning of their lives how to be a joyous and responsible part of this precious web of life. That is the most important thing you can do.

Organic (food, animals and cloth) is the only defense against the onslaught of GMO contamination. Certified organic means very specific practices of growing plants and animals. In the USA, the USDA Organic Seal is a trusted seal that genuinely indicates organic quality. Claims such as grown local , natural, sustainable do not mean organic.

Less meat

Problem: Meat especially beef and pork are terribly damaging to the environment. Meat causes erosion, pollution, Global climate change, water shortages, oxygen loss. Amazon rainforests are being destroyed for cattle grazing, 20% of the worlds oxygen comes from the rainforest, it’s home to a large part of the world’s species. One pound of wheat can be grown with 60 pounds of water, whereas one pound of meat requires 2,500 to 6,000 pounds. There are 20 billion head of livestock on Earth. Factory farms generated 1.4 billion tons of animal waste in 1996, which pollutes waterways and causes massive fish die offs. Meat contributes to global climate change, vegetation grown on land for cattle would mop up carbon dioxide. Cutting back on beefburgers and bacon could wipe $20 trillion off the cost of fighting climate change.

We have polluted our water with everything from the aluminum toxic byproduct fluoride, to pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals. So we need to filter our water. We need to save water. According to the Global Risks Report, everything from growing populations and bad infrastructure to water pollution from fertilizer, sewage and oil spills threatens global water supplies.

Filter water: There are many types of filtering. Avoid plastic parts in filtering equipment. I use stainless steel charcoal filter and then a stainless steel distiller. Store in glass jugs. Use stainless containers for travel.

I use Multi Pure for charcoal filtering and Klean Kanteen for steel containers.

Trees are wonderful. Don’t cut them down unless they are invasive species. Plant as many as you can, enjoy their incredible beauty, hug them! Here are a few of their many gifts: shade, they cool temperature in summer, provide nesting, shelter and food for wildlife, they give oxygen, help with carbon, prevent soil erosion, give leaves to use as mulch or compost, moderate the climate, improve air quality, conserve water, act as windbreak (the winds go to the forest to rest), give fruits, nuts, berries, and healing parts for us and wildlife, and they make us feel better.

http://www.treesaregood.com/treecare/tree_benefits.aspx

Compost

Kitchen and yard waste. Make great soil and compost “tea”. You will never need other fertilizer.

How to conserve water: collecting rainwater in a rain barrel and reusing it (depending on roof type), redirecting water from your downspouts to where it is needed, using native plants that need less watering, and building a rain garden.

Rain barrel materials, durable stainless steel, fiberglass, recycled plastic, old whiskey or wine barrels. Avoid new fiberglass, or plastic. A more sustainable choice, is wood or steel, saving materials from ending up in a landfill.

Turn your yard into a general wildlife garden. Create a bird, or butterfly garden. Butterfly bush is not good for butterflies because it kills their caterpillars. Use butterfly weed(Asclepias tuberosa) instead. Don't confuse butterfly bush plants (Buddleia davidii) with butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). Butterfly weed is a type of milkweed and serves as a host for the caterpillars of monarch butterflies. Adult tiger swallowtails and black swallowtails enjoy its nectar. Both perennials are sometimes referred to simply as "the butterfly plant." They are, however, unrelated.

Instead of a work and water intensive lawn, why not plant a native wildflower meadow? It’s healthy for you, your children and pets, good for wildlife and the environment. Less work, more beauty. No GMOs.

Our energy use contributes heavily to climate change as well as pollution of air, water, land and animals, and destruction of ecosystems, like mountaintop removal, flammable water and oil spills, like in the Gulf. It’s important to use less energy and to use clean energy. Clean energy is, solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, small hydraulic. Dirty energy is: nuclear, oil, coal, biomass, gas. Dirty energy is coal, oil, nuclear, gas, biofuels.

Even when appliances are turned off there is aphantom load, electricity is still running through. Unplug appliances when not in use, especially instant-on, remote control, channel memory and LED clock displays. TVs, for example, are still consuming about 75 % of their wattage when turned “off.”http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/p2/newsletter/p2viewsummer07.pdf

From GMOs, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, oil, coal, nuclear, chemical and pharmaceutical pollution, we are poisoning every corner, every being on the planet.

Get informed get active

Orgs. for information and to take action.

It’s easy. Most of these orgs. send out emails to notify you of actions if you ask them to, or just go to their website. Then all it takes to take action is just clicking to sign a petition or letter. Of course you can do more if you want.

There is a lot of greenwashing going on, whether company, organization, product or person, many will claim to be green or organic and are not. A group may have a good record then suddenly sell out. Each thing needs to be looked at individually.

Thank You

Thank you for caring. We are learning together how tolive harmoniously with all of earthlife, on this beautiful blue planet. We are all connected, every action affects the web of life.